Resilient plate clip



1968 TAKENORI SASAOKA 3,

RES ILI ENT PLATE CLIP Filed July 19, 1967 I NVEN TOR.

A TTOKA/E I! United States Patent Office 3,416,202 RESILIENT PLATE CLIPTakenori Sasaoka, 3072-2, Koiwacho, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan Filed July19, 1967, Ser. No. 654,561 Claims priority, application Japan, July 24,1966, 41/ 69,811 3 Claims. (Cl. 24-259) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Aresilient plate clip is disclosed here, very simple in construction anduse and very economical in manufacture. According to the presentinvention, a resilient steel plate is folded in two portions, a longslit is formed in one of these two portions, both ends of said slit arepressed so that said slit portion can be made resiliently infiective inopposite directions. This resilient plate clip is different fromconventional ones of prior art in that the central part and end part ofsaid slit portion have only to be pushed by the finger tips to open andclose in opposite directions alternately.

Brief summary of invention The present invention relates to a resilientplate clip characterized in that a long slit is formed in one of twofolded portions of a resilient plate and said slit portion is pressednear both ends of said slit, thereby making said slit portionresiliently infiective in opposite directions.

The object of the present invention is to introduce a resilient plateclip without using any other part similarly in the case of conventionalclips, and hence similarly economical in manufacture and convenient inconstruction such that the central part and end part of one of twofolded portions of a resilient plate have only to be pushed by thefinger tips to open and close the same in opposite directionsalternately in pinching an article between both folded portions thereof.The construction and action of the invention will be explained best withreference to the accompanying drawings.

Brief description of the drawings FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a resilientplate clip according to the present invention. FIGURE 2 is a sectionalview of the same, taken along the line AA of FIGURE 1. FIGURES 3 and 4are respective side views to show an inflected condition of one of twofolded portions of the plate clip.

Detailed description According to the embodiment shown in the drawings,there is formed a longitudinal slit 3, 3 mm. wide, in one 1' of twofolded portions of a resilient steel plate 1 from the folded edge 2',and both edge portions 3 and 3 of said slit 3 are pressed from bothsides so that said slit portion 1 can be made resiliently infiective inopposite directions. The action thereof will be clear as follows.

3,416,202 Patented Dec. 17, 1968 As shown in FIGURE 3, the plate clip isfirstly understood to remain in open condition. After an article hasbeen placed between the two ends of said plate clip, the top of saidslit portion 1' is pushed downwardly by the finger tips so that saidportion can be inflected in one direction as shown in FIGURE 4 until thearticle can be pinched tightly by said two portions 1' and 1".

In order to release one portion from the other after pinchingengagement, the central part of said portion 1' is pushed downwardly bythe finger tip until it is inflected in the opposite direction as shownin FIGURE 3. By these alternate operations, it is possible to pinch andrelease an article between both portions at will.

Thus, different from conventional clips, the plate clip of the presentinvention is very simple in manufacture without requiring otherelements, very economical in manufacturing cost and very convenient inconstruction and suitable for general use in treating hair, etc.

What is claimed is:

1. A generally U-shaped cross section clip adapted to be employed andused in treating hair to retain a curl in place, said clip being formedfrom suitably flexible material provided in the longer leg thereof withan enlarged longitudinal slot having the lateral ends thereof pressedinwardly in such a manner that the clip may be readily sprung open orsnapped closed by finger pressure as desired.

2. A clip adapted to be employed in holding an article comprising a pairof longitudinally extending legs made of a suitably flexible materialintegrally secured together by a U-sha-ped section, the clipdisplaceable between a closed position wherein a portion of the legsurfaces spaced from said U-shaped section are urged together and anopened position wherein said legs are spaced apart for inserting anarticle therebetween, one of said legs having a longitudinally extendingslot formed therein, said slotted leg being pressed on both of itssurfaces at the ends of the slot therein whereby said slotted leg isflexibly infiective in opposite directions relative to the other saidleg whereby it can be displaced between the opened and closed positionsof the clip.

3. A clip as set forth in claim 2, wherein said leg having the slottherein is longer than the other said leg.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS DONALD A. GRIFFIN, PrimaryExaminer.

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